Are you passionate about education? Would you like to make a difference as a governor? Don't forget it's our Trust's Governance Open Event on Monday 22 July 2019, 5pm to 7pm, at Invicta Grammar School. To book your place, please contact Ruth Hinckley via r.hinckley@viat.org.uk https://t.co/C0zKhNPIRR

Our Year 6s have been to @invictagrammar to learn about the world of work and living on a budget as part of their Careers Education Week! Yr 12 students spent the day with them to tell them all about secondary school life, before they head off to their new schools in September. https://t.co/FVSNuBt0GK

Would you like to know more about being a VIAT Local School Governor? Come to our Governance Open Event on 22 July from 5pm to 7pm at Invicta Grammar School. We are looking for enthusiastic, committed individuals for both our primary and secondary schools. https://t.co/BTIp7caXyl

Don't miss Invicta Grammar School’s Year 5 open event on Monday 20 May, 6pm to 8pm. There will be a talk from Headteacher, Mrs Derrick, and lots of other helpful information, including a parent and child taster lesson! Book here: https://t.co/kzgT6khPYfhttps://t.co/pzsc2EeixZ

Ten pupils from took part in the recent Year 2 Infant Agility competition, held at Aylesford secondary school. They showed real ambition, perseverance and determination as they took on 8 other teams and came third - well done to all, you did us proud! https://t.co/qgfT7OQQLH

Panda class and Year 1 took part in a minibeast workshop today, looking at how creatures can see, smell, and taste and, in some cases, how they hear in order to survive and flourish in their habitats. We had a brilliant time! https://t.co/lpLbbjFFtW

As part of our continuing effort to offer more variety in our curriculum, Year 4 will be attending skiing lessons at Chatham Snowsports Centre. Group 1 started their lessons last week and loved every minute! https://t.co/ypZl6THuQD

The rain held off and the sun shone for our Easter Egg Hunt today! The whole school enjoyed looking for bunnies to swap for Easter eggs. Thanks to our PTA for all the Easter eggs! https://t.co/TaHovBfEG1

Panda class visited @PizzaExpress Maidstone on Tuesday to learn about different ingredients and pizza making. The children had so much fun and enjoyed bringing them back to school to eat! https://t.co/aIrw1X7Sbr

Thank you to all those who attended our Open Afternoon last week.
The children loved having you in their classes, and well done to those that joined in with the PE lessons and Mr Holt’s military drills! https://t.co/w37KXyoAJi

We were delighted to receive a letter this morning from Rt. Hon. @DamianHinds MP (Secretary of State for Education) & Rt. Hon. @NickGibbUK MP congratulating us on being in the top 1% of primary schools in England, following our achievements in last year's Key Stage 2 assessments!

Reading Scheme

At Valley Invicta Primary School at Leybourne Chase we believe that reading is at the heart of our curriculum. Throughout the school, a love for reading is nurtured through the use of good quality texts which are used to develop language and writing skills, alongside reading skills.

In Key Stage 1 we encourage variety, and try to cater for individual tastes, by using a range of reading schemes including:

Oxford Reading Tree

Snap Dragons

Fireflies

Song Birds

Glow Worms

In Key Stage 2 we encourage children to read a variety of high quality texts. During whole class reading sessions teachers develop reading skills in line with the National Curriculum Expectations.

Further advice on how to support your child can be obtained from attending workshops in school where these PowerPoints will be explored in more detail.

Phonics Scheme

We teach Phonics using Read Write Inc. an inclusive synthetic phonic programme to teach our children to read, to write and to spell. The programme, developed by Ruth Miskin, provides a structured and systematic approach to teaching phonics. Each Read Write Inc. lesson meets the higher expectations of the National Curriculum and uses effective assessment to accelerate every child’s progress.

In Reception the children are introduced to the phonemes (letter sounds) and graphemes (letter shapes) on a daily basis. The children progress through sets of sounds known as the simple speed sounds.

In Year 1 and Year 2 children begin to look at the complex speed sounds and the alternative ways to spell the sounds. All children take part in the National Phonics Screening at the end of Year 1. In Year 1 children have daily phonics lessons and in Year 2 children have daily spelling lessons which help them learn to read, blend and segment words allowing them to become confident, fluent readers and writers.

Accelerated Reader and Novel Study

To ensure we prepare children to meet the high expectations of the National Curriculum we are introducing two new approaches to reading this academic year in Years 2 - 6, Accelerated Reader and Novel Study.
These approaches to reading build on the amazing progress the children make in their early education, learning to read words and spell with Read Write Inc. Accelerated Reader and Novel Study build on the word reading skills the children are secure with and develop their comprehension skills.